Stephanie Gans LCAS, MSW, NCTTP is a certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist at the NC Division of Public Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch, as well as being a licensed clinical addictions specialist. She provides expert statewide training and technical assistance to promote evidence-based tobacco use treatment, QuitlineNC, and Live Vape Free in medical and behavioral health settings. Prior to working public health, Stephanie worked in medication assisted treatment and with people with severe and persistent mental illness. Stephanie is a co-author on the Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist training manual, a review of the literature on expired carbon monoxide testing in tobacco use treatment, and a co-author of a review of North Carolina’s progress in tobacco control in the NC Medical Journal.